One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The most confusing clock in New York.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.